Book Group Discussions

    You will discuss Chapter 2 as a group today.  Find specific passages from Chapter 2 to support your answers.

1.  What makes the boss suspicious when he meets Lennie and George?
2.  What does the boss suspect George of doing to Lennie?  What makes him think this?
3.  What is Candy's description of Curly's wife?
4.  What two things does George tell Lennie to do with regard to Curley?
5.  George lies to the boss about being Lennie's cousin and about the cause of Lennie's condition.  Why do you think it's necessary to tell such lies?


    You will discuss Chapter 3 as a group today after viewing part of the film.  Find specific passages from Chapter 3 for support.  You will write a FOUND poem.  Found poems are poems where you take the actual words that are written and arrange them into lines of poetry.  Today, you will find a description of a particular character or some sort of action that involves that particular character and write a found poem based on the passage from the novel.  See example below:

Example (character description)
A girl was standing there
Looking in.
She had full,
rouged lips and wide-spaced
eyes,
heavily made up.
Her fingernails were red.
Her hair hung in little rolled
clusters,
like sausages.
    -Curly's wife,  p. 31

Example #2  (action)
Look, Lennie,
If you get in any kind
of trouble,
Remember
Go an'
hide
in the brush.
Hide
till I come
for you.  Don't
let nobody
see you.
Hide
in the brush
by the river.
    -George, p. 30

1.  Curly
2.  Candy
3.  Carlson
4.  Lennie
5.  George


Chapter 4 Discussion
    This chapter focuses on Crooks, the stable buck.  Your assignment today is to find passages that show differences between characters of the book or examples of prejudice.  Assume the role of Crooks, Curly's wife, or Lennie and react to this prejudice in a journal entry.